Bengaluru FC lose to Altyn Asyr in Ashgabat, bow out of AFC Cup

Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Aug 29 : Carles Cuadrat’s Bengaluru FC bowed out of Asian football competition after a 0-2 loss (2-5 agg.) to Turkmen club Altyn Asyr FK in the second leg of their AFC Cup Inter-Zone semi-final at the Kopetdag Stadium here on Wednesday.
Second half goals from Altymyrat Annadurdyyev and Vahyt Orazsakhedov settled the tie in favour of the hosts after the Blues found the going tough in attack.
Earlier, Cuadrat rung in one change to the side that faced the Turkmenistan champions at home as Boithang Haokip dropped to the bench in favour of a returning Harmanjot Khabra.